American aviation pioneers Charles M. Manly and Samuel Pierpont Langley, c1890s. Creator: Unknown.
American aviation pioneers Charles M. Manly and Samuel Pierpont Langley, c1890s. Charles Matthews Manly (chief mechanic and pilot) helped Smithsonian Institution Secretary Langley build The Great Aerodrome, which was intended to be a manned, powered, winged flying machine.